Hose-grip



W. D FUREY.

HOSE GRIP.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22. I9I9.

1,330,794. Patented Feb. 17,1920.

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UNITED sT T s PATENT OFFICE- WILLIAM I). FUREY, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

HOSE GRIP.

To all "whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. FUREY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Hose-Grips, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to hose and other garment supporters or claspscomposed of a stud or button over which the part to be held is folded,and a loop member which receives said parts and holds the same so thatthe part which is folded over the button cannot slip.

The invention has for its object to provide a simple and very eflicientclasp of the kind stated, which will securely hold the part to which itis applied, and which can be easily attached or detached.

The object stated is attained by means of a novel combination andarrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and inorder that the same may be better understood, reference is had to theaccompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

In thedrawing,

Figure 1 is an elevation of the device showing the same applied to thehose or other part to be supported;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the device detached;

Fig. 3 is an elevation thereof;

Fig. 4: is an elevation showing a modification, and

Fig. 5 is an edge view thereof.

The drawing shows the invention applied to a garter a fragment of thelatter being shown at 6, and a fragment of the hose or other part to besupported is shown at 7 It will be understood, of course, that theinvention is not limited to garters, but may be applied, with equalfacility, to other supporting members.

The loop member of the clasp is composed of side bars 8 and connectinend bars 9 and 10, respectively. This mem er is connected to the garterstrap 6 by folding and securing the end thereof around the top cross bar9 in the ordinary manner.

The stud or button member 11 is rectangular and has a reduced portion 12at its base to form a contracted neck or shank.

A flexible tab .13 secured to the bottom cross bar 10 of the loopmember, supports Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 17,1920. Application filed March 22', 1919. Serial 'No. 284239. I

the stud member a suitable distance from the latter. Fig. 2 shows thistab folded around a small plate 14, the stud member being secured tosaid plate by rivets 15. In Figs. 4 and 5, the stud member has a topextension provided with a slot 16 through which the tab 13 is looped.Various other expedient may be resorted to for attaching the stud.member to its supporting tab.

The distance between the side bars 8 at the lower portion of the loopmember is less than the width of the head 11 of the stud member, but thespace here is wide enough to permit entry of the shank 12. Above thiscontracted portion of the loop member, the latter is widened to permitready insertion of the stud shank.

In use, the hose or other part to be supported is folded over the head11 and the latter with the folded material, is passed through the upperwide portion of the loop member and slid downward to bring its shank 11to seat in the contracted portion, in which it will be held by thetension on the parts. As the shank is rectangular it fits squarelybetween the cross bars 8 and is securely held thereby from turning andthus releasing the grip on the hose or other part.

I claim:

1. A clasp, comprising a loop member of angular formation and havingparallel end bars, one of said end bars being of greater length than theother, the side bars of said loop being each connected to the longer endbar by a portion extending at an acute angle to said end bar, saidportion merging into a portion at right angles to said end bar, saidlast portion merging into a second portion at an acute angle withrelation to said end bar, said last portion merging into a secondportion at right angles to said end bar, the last mentioned portions ofthe two side bars being connected together by the shorter end bar, a tabsecured at one end to said shorter end bar and carrying at its oppositeend an angular stud having a contracted neck portion and a flangeextending around each side of said neck portion and across one endthereof, the organization being such that when the neck portion isplaced between the right angle portions of the side bars that areconnected by the shorter end bar the flanges of the stud will engagesaid right angle portions and said shorter end bar at each side thereof,thereby to have a gripping contact contact therewith along threeangularly re- 10 lated sides.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

WILLIAM D. FUREY.

Witnesses:

HOWARD D. ADAMS, E. WALTON BREWINGTON.

